The Lead Summit 2024

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The brand and retail attendees at The Lead Summit represent marketing, advertising, ecommerce, digital, stores, customer experience, last mile, data, cloud, strategy, innovation, and information technology.

Attendees come together to learn how to grow brand revenue, online, across channels and in-store. They come to discover new strategies, new technologies, new methodologies and to make new contacts.

FREE REGISTRATION FOR BRANDS & RETAILERS

We’re giving qualifying brands & retailers complimentary passes to come learn, collaborate and create what’s next at The Lead Summit – a $1,095 value!

(Subject to review and approval)

Networking and curated problem-solving opportunities come in many forms: from cruising New York Harbor to sitting down to compare strategies with peers – come to The Lead Summit to meet like-minded people who become friends, colleagues and mentors.

GET SOCIAL!

Sunset Yacht Cruise

Sail The New York Harbor with a summer cocktail

Ice Cream Social

Beat summer with your favorite flavor in hand

Riverside Cocktail Party

The summer breeze, a cold drink and new friends

Speakers & Spritzes

Will you have an Aperol, Golden Gate or Hugo Spritz?

GET CONNECTED!

Curated Breakout Discussions

Three unique programs for marketers, ecommerce & CEOs

Tailored Workshops

Thoughtful engagement sessions for brand & retail attendees

The Innovation Forum

Where brand, retail, venture capital, start-up and big tech co-create.

Hosted Meeting Program

One-on-one meetings at scale

& MUCH MORE!

WINNING STRATEGIES & NEXT-GEN TECHNOLOGY

Navigate changing consumer behavior & macroeconomic conditions
Identify effective use cases of rapidly evolving AI technology
Unlock customer data for growth and retention
Differentiate your online & in-store experiences
Improve cost efficiency in marketing, ecommerce and omnichannel to improve profitability

2,500+ professionals attend The Lead Summit, featuring more than 1,500 attendees from scaled brands and retailers, rising mid-market brands and challenger direct-to-consumer brands. Start-ups, unicorns, and enterprise technology companies join investors, real estate partners, Wall Street analysts, and more.

The Lead Summit agenda is designed to help brand and retail executives achieve success by identifying key trends, reducing decision guesswork, and simplifying discovery.

CURATED BREAKOUT DISCUSSION PROGRAMS

Join an intimate group of peers in one of these unique breakout programs. Taking place in The Loft at The Lead Summit, these programs are for brand and retail leaders to gather with peers in the same role to discuss, learn and compare in private, intimate, guided discussions.

Where Brand & Retail technology leadership, venture capital, start-ups and big tech co-create.

Where Ecommerce leaders and practitioners meet in intimate, focused, and moderated discussions with peers.

Where growth marketing leaders meet in intimate, focused, and moderated discussions with peers.

Melissa Worth
SVP, Americas
New Balance Athletics

Katie Reeves
Managing Director
COS North America

Noam Paransky
Chief Omni and Innovation Officer
Tapestry, Inc.

Christina Hennigton
EVP and Chief Growth Officer
Target

Angie Rieger
Chief Transformation Officer
Lands’ End

Cyntia Leo
Head of Brand Marketing
Urban Outfitters

Linda Li Steiner
Head of Customer Activation & Marketing, H&M Americas
H&M

Jed Berger
President
Kenneth Cole Productions

"The Lead Summit was a fabulous networking opportunity to connect with other marketing leaders of high growth brands and the opportunities and challenges they see ahead."

"The Lead has a boutique feel to it - where the crowd size is just large enough that it's buzzy and exciting, but just small enough that you run into people you know wherever you turn. It's intimate yet spirited. The Lead pulls together the best of the best in retail tech all in one place!"

"This was my first time at The Lead Innovation Summit, and I'm super impressed. I have my team here, and gave them a focus of vendors to look at - It's a great one stop shop."

EXPERIENCES AT THE LEAD SUMMIT

No, we are not boring. From Sweetgreen to Cava, Catbird to Yeti, Van Leeuwen to Milk Bar – we have the food, the fun, and the experiences to keep you busy between problem-solving sessions and inspiring conversations.

THE HOSTED MEETINGS PROGRAM IS AT CAPACITY

There is still time to register for The Lead Summit!

We will contact you should an opportunity arise to join The Hosted Meetings Program.

BRAND AND RETAIL REGISTRATION

Brand and retail attendees are eligible for free registration!

The Lead Summit gathers key decision-makers from enterprise brands & retailers, mid-market brands and challenger brands. Marketing, ecommerce, stores, customer experience, merchandising, last mile/fulfillment, C-Suite, strategy and innovation leaders don’t simply attend, rather they leverage LeadTime and the Hosted Meeting Program (1-to-1 meeting program) to identify, meet, and connect with the right technology providers.

Engage full teams and hard-to-reach decision-makers who have expressed interest in your solutions.

2024 SPONSORS

THE LOCATION

For the second year in a row, The Lead Summit will be held at Pier 36 — with world-class views of DUMBO, The Brooklyn Bridge, and the NYC skyline. Located just north of Manhattan’s Financial District, Pier 36 radiates the energy of iconic & modern New York.

299 South St, New York, NY 10002